Director of Software Engineering

J.P. MORGAN; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in financial services is seeking a Director of Software Engineering in London. The role involves delivering innovative banking solutions using cloud-native technologies and leading multiple teams. Candidates should have extensive back-end engineering experience, strong proficiency in Java, and excellent communication skills. The company values diversity and aims to build trusted partnerships to achieve client business objectives.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Recent hands-on experience as a back-end software engineer.
• Experience in coding with Java.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end solutions using cloud-native microservices architecture.
• Structuring software for ease of understanding and evolution.
• Develop secure code to protect customers from malicious actors.
• Manage multiple teams while remaining hands-on.

Skills

Back-end software engineering

Java programming

Cloud technologies

Distributed systems

RESTful APIs

Communication skills

Coding practices

Tools

AWS

Job description

Overview

Our Back-End Engineering team is at the heart of this venture, focused on getting a great banking experience into the hands of our customers. At JP Morgan Chase, we understand that customers seek exceptional value and a seamless experience from a trusted financial institution. That's why we launched Chase UK to transform digital banking with intuitive and enjoyable customer journeys. With a strong foundation of trust established by millions of customers in the US, we have been rapidly expanding our presence in the UK and soon across Europe. We have been building the bank of the future from the ground up, offering you the chance to join us and make a significant impact.

As a Director of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the International Consumer Bank, you will play a crucial role in this initiative, dedicated to delivering an outstanding banking experience to our customers. You will work in a collaborative environment as part of an inclusive and geographically distributed team. We are seeking individuals with a curious mindset and a keen interest in new technology. Our engineers are naturally solution-oriented and possess an interest in the financial sector and focus on addressing our customer needs. We work in teams focused on specific products and projects, providing opportunities to engage in areas such as fraud & financial crime prevention, identity services, money transfers, card payments, lending, customer onboarding, core banking, insurance products, rewards campaigns, and servicing innovations.

Responsibilities

• Delivers end-to-end solutions in the form of cloud-native microservices architecture applications leveraging the latest technologies and the best industry practices. Use domain modelling techniques to allow us to build best in class business products.
• Structures software so that it is easy to understand, test and evolve. Ensure our systems are reliable and easy to operate.
• Builds solutions that avoid single points of failure, using scalable architectural patterns.
• Develops secure code so that our customers and ourselves are protected from malicious actors
• Investigates and fixes issues and ensure they do not resurface in the future.
• Makess sure our releases happen with zero downtime for our end-users.
• See that our data is written and read in a way that's optimized for our needs.
• Keeps an eye on performance, making sure we use the right approach to identify and solve problems.
• Keeps us up to date by continuously updating our technologies and patterns.
• Supports the products you've built through their entire lifecycle, including in production and during incident management
• Manages multiple teams with responsibilities across several domains – whilst remaining hands-on and close to the code

Required qualifications, capabilities & skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and expert applied experience. In addition, advanced experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise.
• Recent hands-on professional experience as a back-end software engineer
• Experience in coding in a recent version of the Java programming language
• Experience in designing and implementing effective tests (unit, component, integration, end-to-end, performance, etc.)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Experience with cloud technologies and distributed systems, RESTful APIs and web technologies.
• Knowledge of messaging frameworks.
• Seasoned with operating, supporting and the security of mission critical software applications.
• Understanding of different kinds of data stores (including relational data stores)
• Coach other team members on coding practices, design principles, and implementation patterns that lead to high-quality maintainable solutions.
• Can manage stakeholders and effectively prioritize work across multiple work streams, collaborating and negotiating with non-engineering teams to ensure timely delivery.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities & skills

• Experience in working in a highly regulated environment / industry
• Seasoned with cloud-native microservices architecture
• Proficient with AWS cloud technologies
• AuthN and AuthZ experience

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About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About The Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.